East Lake muddles Steve Stricker's list of potential Ryder Cup picks

ATLANTA – Billy Horschel knows the Tour Championship doesn’t double as a U.S. Ryder Cup team qualifier. If it did, his victory in 2014 at East Lake would have come with a spot in the U.S. team room in Scotland. It did not.

At 34 years old, Horschel has found himself in the unenviable position of needing a captain’s pick enough times to know that there’s no substitute for just letting go, and that plan has held up well this week.

“It's funny, I don't worry about it, honestly,” said Horschel, who may not have set out to impress U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Steve Stricker this week, but his three rounds in the 60s and a share of fifth place can’t hurt when the captain makes his six picks on…